It can't be December already!

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

And so this is Christmas ...

Well, only in a seasonal sense. Christmas Day is now three whole days ago, man this time of year goes fast. Christmas Day for me was a non-running affair due to our hosting of the Christmas Day family lunch, requiring an early start to cook turkey and implement a sudden transformation of the MLCMM household into a venue suitable for family festivities, which it more typically isn't. Fortunately our 'plan B' wasn't required as the weather was warm and fine, so the luncheon was served al fresco, and most enjoyable it was, too.

Back on the running front, things are trundling along tolerably well, with "long" runs now comfortably well in excess of an hour, so I am hopeful of ramping this up fairly quickly from here to get into something approaching half marathon shape before the big day, now only five and a bit weeks away.

The niggling injuries that plagued me for a few weeks seem to have settled down, once again proving the "use it or lose it" mantra is worthy advice. One just has to work through the slow, stuttering restarts to a campaign to find form and fitness again. It takes perseverance, and it becomes ever harder but ever more crucial the older we get.

A good year of running beckons. I reckon I'm up for it.